What is Faith?

A true believer shows no hesitation in answering the call of the Almighty The chapter entitled ‘The Table’ in the Qur’an contains this divine injunction: “Believers, wine and games of chance, idols and divining arrows, are abominations devised by the devil. Avoid them, so that you may prosper. The devil seeks to stir up enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and gambling, and to keep you from the remembrance of God, and from your prayers. Will you not abstain from them?” (5:90,91) When this verse of the Qur’an was revealed, the Prophet, as was customary on such occasions, recited it to the Companions. When he reached the end of the verse – “Will you not abstain from them?” – every one of the Companions shouted out: “We have abstained from them, Lord. We have abstained from them.”